Photos capture last moments of man hit by subway train

1:22 PM,
Dec. 4, 2012

Written by

John Bacon
| USA TODAY

A New York photographer who saw a man pushed onto subway tracks and hit by a train says he took pictures of the man as the train approached in hopes the camera's flash would warn the driver to stop.

R. Umar Abbasi, a freelance photographer for the New York Post, told the newspaper he was on the subway platform Monday when he saw Ki Suk Han, 58, pushed onto the tracks. "I just started running, running, hoping that the driver could see my flash," Abbasi told the Post.

The Post published a front-page photo of Han on the tracks, apparently trying to climb onto the platform, with the moving train just feet ...